The penalty that Barcelona received in the 38th minute for a foul on Nelson Semedo came after a move in which Antoine Griezmann was offside.
VAR only looked at the incident in the box and deemed Griezmann's position in the build-up to be acceptable as it was considered to be a separate move.
"There's no doubt that it's an offside, but since VAR has considered that the play had the play continued from this illegal position, and after several passes between Barcelona players, the ball reached Semedo, who was fouled in what is a clear penalty," said referee expert, Juan Andujar Oliver.
The VAR protocol states that at this point that a goal or penalty can be reviewed from the time that the attacking team won possession of the ball with it still in play.
Waaadlry
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Griezzman performed better than som defenders today in thwarting the efforts of the Levante United team
SiddharthDhanrajghir
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To all the b8tiches who are blaming Valverde to be out. Should know the football is not only about coach but players as well. FIRST THING MESSI AND BARKA DOGS WERE OVERCONFIDENT BEFORE MATCH BUT WHEN THEY CONCEDED THE GOAL. THEIR ATTITUDE WAS PATHETIC AND ABSOLUTELY LAZY. WHY THE HELL. YOU BLAME VALVERDE WHEN IT'S 3-1 LOSE AND PRAISE PUSSI WHEN IT'S 5-1? B8TCHES.